Cedar Hill Loop Movable Pavilion Building, Kinetic Architectur Central Park, Multi-function, New York City
Cedar Hill Loop Pavilion Building
Underground Architecture Manhattan, New York, USA ? design by Jianshi Wu and Yitan Sun architects
22 Aug 2016
Cedar Hill Loop Pavilion Building
Design: Jianshi Wu and Yitan Sun
Cedar Hill Loop in Central Park
Location: Cedar Hill, Central Park, New York, NY, USA
DESIGN NAME:

Cedar Hill Loop
PRIMARY FUNCTION:

Movable Pavilion

INSPIRATION:

The architects’ inspiration comes from the existing environmental and social condition of Central Park, New York, where the open natural field provides people a gathering place for various activities. Cedar Hill Loop aims to preserve the existing and enhance it with an intimate, flexible and functional structure, which creates unique experiences in the 158-year-old public park.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The objective is to create a multi-usage pavilion in Central Park, New York that can host different activities. Instead of putting it on open lawns, we designed an underground loop that follows the existing terrain of a 30-feet tall hill, which is able to elevate and rotate itself to create spaces that are suitable for a wide variety of activities in different scales. Designed to be used unexpectedly, the pavilion encourages the terrain to play a more significant role in architecture.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:

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